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SCANDINAVIAN superchef Marcus Samuelsson has turned his culinary sights both east and west as inspiration for his next restaurant in Manhattan.

At last week’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Samuelsson – already executive chef and partner of Aquavit and AQ Café in Manhattan and an Aquavit branch in Minneapolis – told us he’s opening Ringo, a modern American place which will also have an upscale sushi bar.

The 110-seat eatery is expected to open by mid-summer in The Alex, a 32-story hotel now under construction at 205 E. 45th St.

A native Ethiopian, Samuelsson, 31, was orphaned at age 3, adopted by a Swedish couple and raised in Scandinavia; he credits his adoptive grandmother for his interest in food.

* Speaking of the East, chef Todd English says he’ll soon open a Tokyo branch of his Olives restaurant in the Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills next month.

Japanese developer Minoru Mori, we hear, is also trying to woo Nobu Matsuhisa to open a branch of his famed Nobu restaurant in the new 54-story building.

Meanwhile, chef Tom Colicchio, the owner of craft and craftbar, is negotiating a lease to open another restaurant in Detroit. Perhaps he’ll call it craftcar.

* It’s not Memorial Day yet, but it’s never too early to head to the East End. The first annual “Hamptons Restaurant Week” will run from March 30 to April 6.

Patterned after the annual New York Restaurant Week in Manhattan, organizer Steve Haweeli says he expects the event to bring other quiet locals and weekenders “out of the woodwork” for the promotion.